# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/penn-jillette
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:26:26.871Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/penn-jillette"
name: "Penn Jillette"
slug: "penn-jillette"
description: "Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, entertainer and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller. Known as Penn & Teller, the duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows, such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, and is as of 2026, celebrating 25 years headlining in Las Vegas at The Rio. Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur."
tagline: "American magician and actor (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penn_Jillette_(28681616966).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.86513733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 30
platforms:
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    handle:    "pennjillette"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422710/"
    handle:    "nm0422710"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pennandteller.com"
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    title: "Penn Jillette"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Penn Jillette"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump